Guest guest Posted December 11, 2001 Report Share Posted December 11, 2001 What a bunch of totally disgusting goatshit. Oh my god. How fucking sickening; I am SO glad I'm outta that crap. Thanks to all of you, all of you rational, sane and logical people who have a sense of things that does not involve " god " or some other crap. I guess we all are responsible for our own actions; people here admit that, people in the " Branch ians " do not. So who, as the parables ask, are the guilty ones???? Just my opinion, feel free to flame. Your Humblest of Servants, Foxy Loxy p.s.: yes, I KNOW the sky is falling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2001 Report Share Posted December 12, 2001 Wow, this shit is really scary. Ever read the book A Hand Maid's Tale? Religious dictatorships always creep in under the guise of helping the feeble and weak. It's funny--every day that I stay away from AA the easier it gets and the stronger I feel. Every time I'd see those people they would reinforce how crazy I was supposed to be. " Haven't been to a meeting in a while--you must be feeling craaaazy. " So, I'd get crazier and crazier it seemed. Lately, I seem like I'm not going thru alot of crazy ups and down and self doubt. Now, I'm actually looking into therapies that will actually help me. ki > You're right Tomboy. This is disgusting. I only got through the first paragraph, and I can not stomach any more. Strange part is, is that I almost know exactly what the rest of it will say. That somehow the " recovering " alcoholic is higher than other " earth people " . That they are justified in what they do by God. Yada, yada, yada. Some more sick validation for the torture that they undergo, and dish out. I'm going to go brush my teeth now. > > puke > > since it says at Sober24 to freely pass the following on, I felt it my obligation to share it with you: > > kisses > Buoy > > > WHY WE WERE CHOSEN > > God in His wisdom selected this group of men and women to be the purveyors of His goodness. In selecting them through whom to bring this about this phenomenon, He went not to the proud, the mighty, the famous, nor the brilliant. He went instead to the humble, to the sick, to the unfortunate. He went right to the drunkard, the so-called weakling of the world. > Well might He have said to us: > " Unto your weak and feeble hands I have entrusted a power beyond estimate. To you has been given that which has been denied the most learned of your fellows. Not to scientists or statesmen, not to wives or mothers, not even to my priests or ministers have I given this gift of healing other alcoholics, which I entrust to you. > " It must be used unselfishly; it carries with it grave responsibility. No day can be too long, no demands upon your time can be too urgent, no case too pitiful, no task too hard, and no effort too great. It must be used with tolerance for I have restricted its appreciation to no race, no creed, and no denomination. Personal criticism you must expect; lack of appreciation will be common. Ridicule will be your lot; your motives will be misjudged. You must be prepared for adversity, for what men call adversity is the ladder you must use to ascend the rungs toward spiritual perfection. And remember, in the exercise of this power I shall not exact from you beyond your capabilities. > " You are not selected because of exceptional talents. And be careful always, if success attends your effort, not to ascribe to personal superiority that to which you can lay claim only by virtue of My gift. If I had wanted learned men to accomplish this mission, the power would have been entrusted to the physician and scientist. If I had wanted eloquent men, there would have been many anxious for the assignment, for talk is the easiest used of all talent with which I have endowed mankind. If I had wanted scholarly men, the world is filled with those better qualified than you who would be available. You were selected because you have been the outcasts of the world and your long experience as drunkard has made or should make you humbly alert to the cries of distress that come from the lonely hearts of alcoholics everywhere. > " Keep ever in mind the admission you made on the day of your profession in AA, namely that you are powerless and that it was only with your willingness to turn your life and will unto My keeping, that relief came to you. " > ---Fulton Oursler > > > ...You may shoot me with your words, > You may cut me with your eyes, > You may kill me with your hatefulness, > But still, like air, I'll rise.... > > --Maya Angelou > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2001 Report Share Posted December 12, 2001 Why do you think they call them " pidgeons " ? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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